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Chaparral is the evergreen sclerophyllous shrubland that is distributed from San Francisco south to Ensenada in Baja, California, as well as the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. This chapter discusses the classification, distribution, and evolutionary and geological history of chaparral, first looking at the biological patterns of chaparral vegetation and providing a list of species endemic to postfire environments. It then discusses shrub life history syndromes and successional changes in chaparral, and also describes colonization by alien plants in California shrublands, ending with...

Chaparral is the evergreen sclerophyllous shrubland that is distributed from San Francisco south to Ensenada in Baja, California, as well as the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. This chapter discusses the classification, distribution, and evolutionary and geological history of chaparral, first looking at the biological patterns of chaparral vegetation and providing a list of species endemic to postfire environments. It then discusses shrub life history syndromes and successional changes in chaparral, and also describes colonization by alien plants in California shrublands, ending with suggestions for future research.